Biomimetic flapping wing aerial vehicle

2008 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics, ROBIO 2008

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 1053-1058

  Fenelon, Michael A A ^a  

^a Defense Research and Development Organization   (India)

Author keywords

Flapping wing; Hover; Micro aerial vehicle

Indexed keywords

ANGLE OF ATTACK; ANTENNAS; BIOMIMETICS; MICRO AIR VEHICLE (MAV); ROBOTICS;

BIOMIMETIC APPROACHES; FLAPPING WING; HOVER; MICRO AERIAL VEHICLE; PROTOTYPE DESIGNS; ROTARY ACTUATOR; SPATIAL MECHANISM; VERTICAL TAKE-OFF;

WINGS;

EID: 70349186185     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ROBIO.2009.4913146     Document Type: Conference Paper

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